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Sherlock Holmes:
Mr. Holmes and his assistant Watson are examining a cane that a person left behind the day before when he came to pay them
a visit, probably to hire their services. Watson begins to examine them saying that they must belong to a family doctor, older,
with great prestige, rural etc...
Holmes then takes the cane and begins to examine it, deducing that almost all of his friend's statements are false, he had only
guessed that he was a rural doctor. There's a knock on the door, and it just so happens to be Dr. Mortimer, but it's not at all
what Watson expected. He was a tall, thin man with a long, hooked nose. After recovering his cane, the detectives realize that
most of their deductions were not very accurate. After the due introduction, Dr. Mortimer begins to tell the reason for the
visit.
Second Chapter: The Curse of the Baskervilles
Dr. Mortimer begins to tell them about a manuscript he has in his pocket, which may be of great interest to them and is the
reason he asks for their help. In this paper a strange and picturesque legend is told about a hound, the Baskerville hound. It is said
that at one time the mansion belonged to a man named Hugo, he was an evil and wild man. Said man fell in love with the
daughter of a landowner who lived near the mansion, but the young lady avoided him, due to the cruelty for which he was
famous. One day a group of friends as heartless as himself kidnapped the young woman and locked her in one of the mansion's
towers. In an act of bravery, the young woman descended from the tower through the vine that covers the walls of the house
and prepared to travel the miles from her house to the mansion. Seeing that the girl had disappeared, Hugo set out in search of
her, they decided to launch the hounds in search of her. They met a shepherd who they asked if he had seen Hugo, he said yes, and
that he was followed by a hellhound. When they reached a valley they saw Hugo with an infernal hound on top of him, tearing
his neck, and since then the evil hound has been pursuing the family.
Mortimer goes on to read the newspaper which tells of the death of Sir Charles Baskerville, the most current owner of the
mansion. Saying that he suffered from heart problems and that was the cause of his death. He then tells how he found Sir
Charles and said he had found a large hound track in the ground.
Chapter three: The problem
Dr. Mortimer narrates his opinions about what happened, he says that according to him, what they are dealing with is something
supernatural, due to the size of the footprints he saw and the testimony of some residents of the moor. He proceeds to
describe the situation of the elements of the Baskerville mansion. He also says that Sir Charles stayed at the stile that overlooks
the moor for a period of time as he saw the ash from the cigar. When Holmes asks him what services he needs from them, he
responds that what he wants is to ask their advice on what he should do with Sir Henry Baskeville, since the same thing could
happen to the former owner. To which Holmes said to give him 24 hours to think, to go look for him and for them to stay in
London. Holmes locks himself in the house to think and when Watson gets home he tells him what he has been able to deduce, he
says that Sir Charles was running away from something and now they have to find out what. They meet with the doctor and
the baronet (Henry) the next day.
Watson went out for a walk, when he returned he met Dr. Mórtimer, and decided to ask him about the initials of the letter, he
replied that it was Franckland's daughter, he told him his story, in which his father told her. abandoned, thanks to the financial help
of the people and especially of Sir Charles, Miss Lyons came forward.
The detective has a conversation with the butler, in which he tells him that he also knows of the existence of another man on the
moor, that the prisoner has seen him more than once.
The detective returned home, and on the way he met the father of the person with whom he had just had a conversation, he
sent a message to Sir Henry saying that he would return for dinner.
Frankland said that he knew where the prisoner was hiding, and he made him go up to the attic where he had a telescope, pointing
towards a hill, they could see a boy, who was carrying a bundle, and who seemed to be looking to see if they were following him.
Once he got rid of Frankland, he decided to go in search of the guy from the moor. He found inside one of the old homes of
prehistoric men a series of objects that allowed that place to be habitable. After waiting a few moments he heard footsteps...
he crouched down waiting to attack and discover the man on the cliff. He heard a voice saying: “A beautiful sunset my dear
Waston.”
Chapter 12: Death in the Wasteland:
It was Holmes, the voice that had spoken to him was Holmes, therefore the rich man's man had to be him. He told him that he had
hidden there, making everyone believe that he was at the London residence, so that he could carry out two investigations from
different points, without anyone suspecting that he was there. Holmes reveals to Watson that Miss Stapleton is not a miss, she
is a lady, since the two are husband and wife, and not siblings as they had led everyone to believe. Suddenly they heard a scream,
they approached and could see that the murderer who was loose in the moor was dead. Then Stapleton appeared there, and
they gave the explanation that Selden had jumped from the top of that hill, a prisoner of despair and loneliness. They said
goodbye to him, and left for the Baskerville mansion.
Chapter 13: Preparing the networks
Holmes and Watson then appeared at the mansion. Sir Henry was delighted that the detective had finally deigned to come and
investigate the case himself. While they were having dinner, Holmes noticed the paintings on the wall, and began to make
different comments about them. Holmes later revealed to his assistant that the person who was in the portrait of Hugo
Baskerville could, without any problem, be the naturalist Stapleton, there was no doubt that the neighbor on the moor was a
Baskerville. The next day they tricked Sir Henry into believing that they were returning to London, but that he should not worry,
as they were coming back. They went to Miss Lyons's house to question her again, as they were not convinced that she had said
everything she knew. They proceed to tell her that the supposed Mr. Stapleton and his sister are not related, but are husband
and wife. After doing so, the woman confesses that he had promised her that if she managed to get a divorce, he would marry
her. And for that reason, he sent his face to Sir Charles. They met at the station with a detective, an old friend.